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Traditions related to bread
  • Manage No, Sortation, Country, Writer ,Date, Copyright
    Manage No EE00001080
    Country Uzbekistan
    ICH Domain Social practices, rituals, festive events
    Address
    All over the country
    Year of Designation 2011
Description The Uzbek people have been careful of bread for centuries. Therefore, there are a number of customs and traditions associated with bread. The word "bread" is sacred. This word is pronounced with the same sense of pride as "mother," "Homeland." Bread is food, the cheapest and, at the same time, the greatest good, protecting everyone from the adversity needed every day. Bread is an ancient, traditional and eternal value. The roots of national Uzbek traditions associated with respect for bread date back to ancient times. Like many other peoples, the Uzbek people have bread as a symbol of hospitality, respect, food, life, abundance, and peace.
Social and cultural significance Bread in Uzbekistan differs with it's variety. Besides the fact that there are different types bread, which are known among Uzbek people (such as “uy noni”, “obi non”, “shirmoy non”, “shirmoy kulcha”, “yoghli non”, “jizzali non”, “piyozli non”, “qovoqli non”, “patir non”, etc.), each of the regions had its peculiar method and school of bread making. In Uzbek families children were brought up in the spirit of respect for bread and not wasting it. In each family, a child from childhood is inspired by a careful attitude to bread, to each of its crumbs. Bread had never been put under the foot. Stepping the bread was the heaviest sin. Bread must not be eaten in the bedroom; the person who eats bread in bed was believed to behave deliriously in his dream. In all uzbek families, when guests come to a house, the most sacred product-bread was put in front of the guest face side up and in even amount as the sign of respect. The bread was frittered by the oldest member of the family, or by the younger members, by consent of the elderly. The goal and main importance meaning: the education of youth a careful attitude to bread.
Transmission method The transfer of knowledge and skills occurs within the family, locality, various professional and social groups. Also competitions, festivals and other events promote this process.
Community Families, mahalla, educational institutions, everywhere in Uzbekistan
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Republican Scientific-Methodical Center for Organization of Culture Institutions Activity
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